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Tips, Hints, Reviews and Safety for Bike CommutersTue, 31 Mar 2015 18:10:39 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2By: soysoshttp://www.commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/comment-page-1/#comment-2286124
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:48:25 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-2286124a spare tube does no good if your mini pump sucks. I had an incident just a couple days ago where I hit a pothole and lost my tire. 20mm tires will go flat very very easily I have found. so I carry a spare and a mini pump. anyway I went to change my tube and got as far as airing it up when I went to release the pump apparently the force on the pump had snapped the head off my valve. it seemed to be holding pressure so I decided to ride on. I made it one block and had to walk the 6 miles back home.
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Fri, 31 May 2013 01:35:09 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-2198660Has anyone experienced a tire blow out while your bike was parked during the day. I rode in okay and my tires were fine. Ten hours later, I came out and found my front tire blown off the rim. The ride in the morning was in the fifties but the temperature spiked up to high eighties in the day. I keep my tire pressures at max to avoid pinch failures. This tube and tire had been on for at least 25 rides and over 300 miles. What could have caused the tire to rupture.
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Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:03 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-82700I get the good ol’ valve stem cracks. I had one today it is such a pain in the A$% when you just want to get home. It’ still better than $4 a gallon.
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Wed, 14 May 2008 00:22:54 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-82664My latest scourge has been the broken lane marking reflectors, they are plastic and have sharp edges, I lost an almost new tire to one this past week, slashed the sidewall

Aaron

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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:09:58 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-81824When the bike goes on the stand for weekly cleaning and maintenance, I always go around the tire looking for holes and slits. I use an old ice pick with a rounded-off tip to gently probe the hole. Frequently get a small piece of glass out. Figure if its allowed to stay in there, that tiny piece of glass will eventually work through the kevlar belt and into the tube.
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:58:29 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-79701It’s also easier to get flats from road debris during the wet as the water acts like a lubricant in aiding objects to puncture tires.
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:44:27 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-79678I was getting snakebites on a regular basis last summer and eventually converted to a tubeless system. Basically you take a 20″ inner tube, split it in half and then replace the tire. Just before completely popping on the tire you put in some sealant and then inflate. The inner tube will be sticking out along the edge and then you take a box cutter and carefully remove the excess. The great thing is that I got a pucture the other day, well sort of. I heard the PSSSSS starting and then after a few revolutions it just went away and I carried on riding no hassle. Highly recommended to anyone.
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:15:59 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-79656once a tube split along the seam. at 7:30 in the morning. in the rain. on the way to work. on my first day.

another good lesson is to get heavy, expensive kevlar-armored tires. my gatorskins are quite nice. just the other day i blundered into a patch of broken bottle glass. i didn’t realize it, however, until i heard the crunch of my tires crushing a large chunk of green beer bottle. no flat.

another fun story: last week i topped off my rear tube, but when i pulled the pump head off the valve top popped off with it. however, the pin was locked, so no air was leaking out of the valve. since i was on my way to work i just hopped on and rode in. a week later and i still haven’t had to replace the tube. unfortunately, it won’t be long until i have to top it off again …

I crossed some grass in downtown Chicago to get to the bike path. When I got to the bike path I kept hearing a click with every wheel revolution. I stopped to check my wheel – I figured it was just way out of true or the cones were loose and it was hitting the frame or something. I got back on my bike after inspection and kept riding.

I kept hearing the click with every revolution. A friend of mine told me to stop and checked my rear wheel, sure enough there was a Breast Cancer Awareness pin stuck into my tire. We had to go past a `not so good area’ of town to get back home – about 2 miles. I rode my bike as much as I could. After awhile the clicks went on to click-PFFFF! click-PFFFF! click-PFFFF! I eventually had to walk about .5 of a mile. Not to bad, scary, but not too bad.

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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:29:01 +0000http://commutebybike.com/2008/03/25/what-caused-your-flat-tire/#comment-79623I’ve never had flats on the road, but I’ve had a few while unhooking the valve from the pump. I think I may need a new pump, like Justin.
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